Social Gaming Here to Stay
Social gaming is a hot trend. According to research conducted by the eMarketer approximately 62 million U.S. Internet users — that’s 27% of the total Internet-using population in the U.S. — will play at least one game on a social …
Vivecoach Launches “Create Your Own Challenge” Capability to Help Corporations Personalize Wellness
Menlo Park, CA — Vivecoach, the leading corporate wellness challenge application, recently launched a powerful new capability on its website that allows individual users to create and launch wellness challenges. Users can now create their own challenges by choosing from …
Workers Get Their Move-On When Employers Are Exercise Friendly
A recent study reported in Health Behavior News Service and published in the current American Journal of Health Promotion found that employees at the most exercise-friendly workplaces got more total moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, measured by a device they wore for …
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Stress-Least Satisfying Aspect of a Job for Employees
On-the- job stress topped a new Gallup poll as the the thing that employees are least happy about in their work life. A total of 13 work characteristics were measured among 499 full time employees. 50% of the respondents placed …
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Vivecoach Launches Gaming Application Designed to Bring Fun to Corporate Wellness
Menlo Park, CA – Vivecoach recently launched its web- and mobile-based wellness challenge application to help companies engage employees in improving their health and well-being. Gaming is rapidly evolving and changing the way people live all aspects of their lives. …
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New Trend in Office Wellness – Sleeping on the Job!
Coworkers with sleep masks, a zen like nap room, or mats like in preschool may become more visible around the office. A November 2010 article in US News Health titled Why Power Naps at Work are Catching On says that …
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Future of Health: Gaming For Health
PSFK’s FUTURE OF HEALTH REPORT (for UNICEF) recently covered ‘gaming for health’ and talks about the implications. Vivecoach incorporates gaming into our health management platform so that employees’ motivations maintain a high level with the end goal of having them …
Say Hello to the New and Improved Vivecoach!
Ready for a change? We are! We learned a lot from our previous release, listened to your feedback, and put it into action by building you a brand new Vivecoach. The new and improved Vivecoach is here to help you …
Is Presenteeism the Elephant in the Room?
Biggest part of the $73 billion spent by employers was due to lost productivity on the job, data shows. That estimated cost of obesity among full-time workers included three factors: medical costs, lost productivity on the job due to health …
New Trends in Social Gaming and Health
Robert D. Hof pens a fantastic article in the Stanford Business Magazine Online that really captures so much of what Vivecoach is all about. Just a few of his observations: In a sense, Foursquare and others are putting a 21st-century …